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10 Chi-SquareTestsandtheF-Distribution

10.1 Goodness-of-FitTest
1 FindExpectedFrequencies

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Thefrequencydistributionshowstheagesforasampleof100employees.Findtheexpectedfrequenciesfor
eachclasstodetermineiftheemployeeagesarenormallydistributed.

Classboundaries Frequency,f
29.5-39.5 14
39.5-49.5 29
49.5-59.5 31
59.5-69.5 18
69.5-79.5 8

2 PerformaChi-SquareGoodness-of-FitTest

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Manytrackrunnersbelievethattheyhaveabetterchanceofwinningiftheystartintheinsidelanethatis
closesttothefield.Forthedatabelow,thelaneclosesttothefieldisLane1,thenextlaneisLane2,andsoon
untiltheoutermostlane,Lane6.Thedataliststhenumberofwinsfortrackrunnersinthedifferentstarting
positions.Calculatethechi-squareteststatistic 2 totesttheclaimthatthenumberofwinsisuniformly
distributedacrossthedifferentstartingpositions.Theresultsarebasedon240wins.

StartingPosition 1 2 3 4 5 6
NumberofWins 45 36 33 50 32 44
A) 6.750 B) 9.326 C) 12.592 D) 15.541

2) Manytrackrunnersbelievethattheyhaveabetterchanceofwinningiftheystartintheinsidelanethatis
closesttothefield.Forthedatabelow,thelaneclosesttothefieldisLane1,thenextlaneisLane2,andsoon
untiltheoutermostlane,Lane6.Thedataliststhenumberofwinsfortrackrunnersinthedifferentstarting
2
positions.Findthecriticalvalue 0 totesttheclaimthatthenumberofwinsisuniformlydistributedacross

thedifferentstartingpositions.Theresultsarebasedon240wins.

StartingPosition 1 2 3 4 5 6
NumberofWins 32 50 44 33 36 45
A) 11.070 B) 9.236 C) 15.086 D) 12.833

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SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

3) Manytrackrunnersbelievethattheyhaveabetterchanceofwinningiftheystartintheinsidelanethatis
closesttothefield.Forthedatabelow,thelaneclosesttothefieldisLane1,thenextlaneisLane2,andsoon
untiltheoutermostlane,Lane6.Thedataliststhenumberofwinsfortrackrunnersinthedifferentstarting
positions.Testtheclaimthatthenumberofwinsisuniformlydistributedacrossthedifferentstarting
positions.Theresultsarebasedon240wins.

StartingPosition 1 2 3 4 5 6
NumberofWins 33 44 45 32 36 50

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

4) Acoffeehousewishestoseeifcustomershaveanypreferenceamong5differentbrandsofcoffee.Asampleof
200customersprovidedthedatabelow.Calculatethechi-squareteststatistic 2 totesttheclaimthatthe
distributionisuniform..

Brand 1 2 3 4 5
Customers 30 65 18 32 55
A) 37.45 B) 45.91 C) 48.91 D) 55.63

5) Acoffeehousewishestoseeifcustomershaveanypreferenceamong5differentbrandsofcoffee.Asampleof
2
200customersprovidedthedatabelow.Findthecriticalvalue 0 totesttheclaimthatthedistributionis

uniform.Use=0.01.

Brand 1 2 3 4 5
Customers 30 32 55 65 18
A) 13.277 B) 9.488 C) 11.143 D) 14.860

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

6) Anewcoffeehousewishestoseewhethercustomershaveanypreferenceamong5differentbrandsofcoffee.A
sampleof200customersprovidedthedatabelow.Testtheclaimthatthedistributionisuniform.Use =0.01.

Brand 1 2 3 4 5
Customers 55 32 30 65 18

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

7) Ateacherfiguresthatfinalgradesinthestatisticsdepartmentaredistributedas:A,25%;B,25%;C,40%;D,5%;
F,5%.Attheendofarandomlyselectedsemester,thefollowingnumberofgradeswererecorded.Calculate
thechi-squareteststatistic 2 todetermineifthegradedistributionforthedepartmentisdifferentthan
expected.

Grade A B C D F
Number 36 42 60 8 14
A) 5.25 B) 6.87 C) 3.41 D) 4.82

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8) Ateacherfiguresthatfinalgradesinthestatisticsdepartmentaredistributedas:A,25%;B,25%;C,40%;D,5%;
F,5%.Attheendofarandomlyselectedsemester,thefollowingnumberofgradeswererecorded.Findthe
2
criticalvalue 0 todetermineifthegradedistributionforthedepartmentisdifferentthanexpected.Use =

0.01.

Grade A B C D F
Number 42 36 60 8 14
A) 13.277 B) 11.143 C) 9.488 D) 7.779

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

9) Ateacherfiguresthatfinalgradesinthestatisticsdepartmentaredistributedas:A,25%;B,25%;C,40%;D,5%;
F,5%.Attheendofarandomlyselectedsemester,thefollowingnumberofgradeswererecorded.Determineif
thegradedistributionforthedepartmentisdifferentthanexpected.Use=0.01.

Grade A B C D F
Number 36 42 60 14 8

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

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10) Eachsideofastandardsix-sideddieshouldappearapproximately ofthetimewhenthedieisrolled.A
6
playersuspectsthatacertaindieisloaded.Thesuspecteddieisrolled90times.Theresultsareshownbelow.
Calculatethechi-squareteststatistic 2 totesttheplayersclaim.

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 15 12 16 19 17 11
A) 3.067 B) 2.143 C) 5.013 D) 4.312

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11) Eachsideofastandardsix-sideddieshouldappearapproximately ofthetimewhenthedieisrolled.A
6
playersuspectsthatacertaindieisloaded.Thesuspecteddieisrolled90times.Theresultsareshownbelow.
2
Findthecriticalvalue 0 totesttheplayersclaim.Use=0.10.

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 11 15 12 16 17 19
A) 9.236 B) 1.610 C) 12.833 D) 11.071

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

1
12) Eachsideofastandardsix-sideddieshouldappearapproximately ofthetimewhenthedieisrolled.A
6
playersuspectsthatacertaindieisloaded.Thesuspecteddieisrolled90times.Theresultsareshownbelow.
Testtheplayersclaim.Use=0.10.

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 19 12 15 17 16 11

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MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

13) Arandomsampleof160carcrashesareselectedandcategorizedbyage.Theresultsarelistedbelow.Theage
distributionofdriversforthegivencategoriesis18%fortheunder26group,39%forthe26-45group,31%for
the45-65group,and12%forthegroupover65.Calculatethechi-squareteststatistic 2 totesttheclaimthat
allageshavecrashratesproportionaltotheirdrivingrates.

Age Under26 26-45 46-65 Over65


Drivers 66 39 25 30
A) 75.101 B) 85.123 C) 101.324 D) 95.431

14) Arandomsampleof160carcrashesareselectedandcategorizedbyage.Theresultsarelistedbelow.Theage
distributionofdriversforthegivencategoriesis18%fortheunder26group,39%forthe26-45group,31%for
2
the45-65group,and12%forthegroupover65.Findthecriticalvalue 0 totesttheclaimthatallageshave

crashratesproportionaltotheirdrivingrates.Use=0.05.

Age Under26 26-45 46-65 Over65


Drivers 66 39 25 30
A) 7.815 B) 6.251 C) 11.143 D) 9.348

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

15) Arandomsampleof160carcrashesareselectedandcategorizedbyage.Theresultsarelistedbelow.Theage
distributionofdriversforthegivencategoriesis18%fortheunder26group,39%forthe26-45group,31%for
the46-65group,and12%forthegroupover65.Testtheclaimthatallageshavecrashratesproportionalto
theirdrivingrates.Use=0.05.

Age Under26 26-45 46-65 Over65


Drivers 66 39 25 30

16) Asociologistbelievesthatthelevelsofeducationalattainmentofhomelesspersonsarenotuniformly
distributed.Totestthisclaim,yourandomlysurvey100homelesspersonsandrecordtheeducational
attainmentofeach.Theresultsareshowninthefollowingtable.Calculatethechi -squareteststatistic 2 to
testthesociologistsclaim.

Response Frequency,f
Lessthanhighschool 38
Highschoolgraduate/G.E.D. 34
Morethanhighschool 28

17) Asociologistbelievesthatthelevelsofeducationalattainmentofhomelesspersonsarenotuniformly
distributed.Totestthisclaim,yourandomlysurvey100homelesspersonsandrecordtheeducational
attainmentofeach.Theresultsareshowninthefollowingtable.Findthecriticalvalue 0 2 totestthe
sociologistsclaim.Use=0.10.

Response Frequency,f
Lessthanhighschool 38
Highschoolgraduate/G.E.D. 34
Morethanhighschool 28

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18) Asociologistbelievesthatthelevelsofeducationalattainmentofhomelesspersonsarenotuniformly
distributed.Totestthisclaim,yourandomlysurvey100homelesspersonsandrecordtheeducational
attainmentofeach.Theresultsareshowninthefollowingtable.At =0.10,isthereevidencetosupportthe
sociologistsclaimthatthedistributionisnotuniform?

Response Frequency,f
Lessthanhighschool 38
Highschoolgraduate/G.E.D. 34
Morethanhighschool 28

3 TestforNormality

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Thefrequencydistributionshowstheagesforasampleof100employees.Aretheagesofemployeesnormally
distributed?Use=0.05.

Classboundaries Frequency,f
29.5-39.5 14
39.5-49.5 29
49.5-59.5 31
59.5-69.5 18
69.5-79.5 8

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10.2 Independence
1 FindExpectedFrequencies

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Findthemarginalfrequenciesforthegivencontingencytable.
1)
BloodType
O A B AB
Sex
F 110 87 20 8
M 71 74 16 4

A) B)

110 87 20 8 225 110 87 20 8 225

71 74 16 4 165 71 74 16 4 160

181 161 36 12 390 181 161 36 12 390

C) D)

110 87 20 8 235 110 87 20 8 215

71 74 16 4 165 71 74 16 4 175

181 161 36 12 400 181 161 36 17 390

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2) Thetablebelowdescribesthesmokinghabitsofagroupofasthmasufferers.

Nonsmoker Lightsmoker Heavysmoker


Men 393 90 77
Women 355 80 76

A) B)
Non- Light Heavy Non- Light Heavy
smoker smoker smoker Total smoker smoker smoker Total
Men 393 90 77 560 Men 393 90 77 560
Women 355 80 76 511 Women 355 80 76 511
Total 748 170 153 1071 Total 748 170 118 1071

C) D)
Non- Light Heavy Non- Light Heavy
smoker smoker smoker Total smoker smoker smoker Total
Men 393 90 77 560 Men 393 90 77 415
Women 355 80 76 583 Women 355 80 76 511
Total 748 170 153 1071 Total 748 182 153 1071

3) Thefollowingcontingencytablewasbasedonarandomsampleofdriversandclassifiesdriversbyagegroup
andnumberofaccidentsinthepastthreeyears.

Numberof Age
accidents <25 25-45 >45
0 96 145 287
1 64 67 62
>1 20 8 26

A) B)
Numberof Age Numberof Age
accidents <25 25-45 >45 Total accidents <25 25-45 >45 Total
0 96 145 287 528 0 96 145 287 528
1 64 67 62 193 1 64 67 62 193
>1 20 8 26 54 >1 20 8 26 54
Total 180 220 375 775 Total 180 220 385 785
C) D)
Numberof Age Numberof Age
accidents <25 25-45 >45 Total accidents <25 25-45 >45 Total
0 96 145 287 528 0 96 145 287 500
1 64 67 62 225 1 64 67 62 193
>1 20 8 26 54 >1 20 8 26 54
Total 180 220 375 775 Total 180 215 375 770

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Findtheindicatedexpectedfrequency.
4) Thecontingencytablebelowshowstheresultsofarandomsampleof400 staterepresentativesthatwas
conductedtoseewhethertheiropinionsonabillarerelatedtotheirpartyaffiliation.

Opinion
Party Approve Disapprove NoOpinion
Republican 84 40 28
Democrat 100 48 36
Independent 20 32 12

FindtheexpectedfrequencyforthecellE2,2.Roundtothenearesttenthifnecessary.
A) 55.2 B) 45.6 C) 93.84 D) 34.96

5) Aresearcherwantstodeterminewhetherthenumberofminutesadultsspendonlineperdayisrelatedto
gender.Arandomsampleof315adultswasselectedandtheresultsareshownbelow.Findtheexpected
frequencyforthecellE2,2todetermineifthereisenoughevidencetoconcludethatthenumberofminutes
spentonlineperdayisrelatedtogender.Roundtothenearesttenthifnecessary.

Minutesspentonlineperday
Gender 0-30 30-60 60-90 90+
Male 23 35 76 46
Female 31 42 46 16
A) 33 B) 52.3 C) 44 D) 69.7

6) Amedicalresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenadultsover50whowalk
regularlyandlow,moderate,andhighbloodpressure.Arandomsampleof236adultsover50isselectedand
theresultsaregivenbelow.FindtheexpectedfrequencyE2,2totesttheclaimthatwalkingandlow,moderate,
andhighbloodpressurearenotrelated.Roundtothenearesttenthifnecessary.

BloodPressure Low Moderate High


Walkers 38 64 20
Non-walkers 24 63 27
A) 61.3 B) 29.9 C) 65.7 D) 22.7

7) Asportsresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenthenumberofhometeamand
visitingteamwinsanddifferentsports.Arandomsampleof526gamesisselectedandtheresultsaregiven
below.FindtheexpectedfrequencyforE2,2totesttheclaimthatthenumberofhometeamandvisitingteam
winsareindependentofthesport.Roundtothenearesttenthifnecessary.

Football Basketball Soccer Baseball


Hometeamwins 41 154 27 81
Visitingteamwins 30 98 20 75
A) 106.8 B) 19.9 C) 145.2 D) 27.1

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2 PerformaChi-SquareTestforIndependence

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Thecontingencytablebelowshowstheresultsofarandomsampleof200staterepresentativesthatwas
conductedtoseewhethertheiropinionsonabillarerelatedtotheirpartyaffiliation.

Opinion
Party Approve Disapprove NoOpinion
Republican 42 20 14
Democrat 50 24 18
Independent 10 16 6
2
Findthecriticalvalue 0 ,totesttheclaimofindependenceusing=0.05.

A) 9.488 B) 7.779 C) 11.143 D) 13.277

2) Thecontingencytablebelowshowstheresultsofarandomsampleof200staterepresentativesthatwas
conductedtoseewhethertheiropinionsonabillarerelatedtotheirpartyaffiliation.

Opinion
Party Approve Disapprove NoOpinion
Republican 42 20 14
Democrat 50 24 18
Independent 10 16 6

Findthechi-squareteststatistic, 2 ,totesttheclaimofindependence.
A) 8.030 B) 11.765 C) 7.662 D) 9.483

3) Aresearcherwantstodeterminewhetherthenumberofminutesadultsspendonlineperdayisrelatedto
gender.Arandomsampleof315adultswasselectedandtheresultsareshownbelow.Findthecriticalvalue
2
0 todetermineifthereisenoughevidencetoconcludethatthenumberofminutesspentonlineperdayis

relatedtogender.Use=0.05.

Minutesspentonlineperday
Gender 0-30 30-60 60-90 90+
Male 25 35 75 45
Female 30 45 45 15
A) 7.815 B) 9.348 C) 11.345 D) 6.251

4) Aresearcherwantstodeterminewhetherthenumberofminutesadultsspendonlineperdayisrelatedto
gender.Arandomsampleof315adultswasselectedandtheresultsareshownbelow.Calculatethechi -square
teststatistic 2 todetermineifthereisenoughevidencetoconcludethatthenumberofminutesspentonline
perdayisrelatedtogender.

Minutesspentonlineperday
Gender 0-30 30-60 60-90 90+
Male 25 35 75 45
Female 30 45 45 15
A) 18.146 B) 19.874 C) 20.912 D) 21.231

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5) Amedicalresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenadultsover50whowalk
regularlyandlow,moderate,andhighbloodpressure.Arandomsampleof236adultsover50isselectedand
2
theresultsaregivenbelow.Findthecriticalvalue 0 totesttheclaimthatwalkingandlow,moderate,and

highbloodpressurearenotrelated.Use=0.01.

BloodPressure Low Moderate High


Walkers 35 62 25
Non-walkers 21 65 28
A) 9.210 B) 9.348 C) 6.251 D) 0.584

6) Amedicalresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenadultsover50whowalk
regularlyandlow,moderate,andhighbloodpressure.Arandomsampleof236adultsover50isselectedand
theresultsaregivenbelow.Calculatethechi-squareteststatistic 2 totesttheclaimthatwalkingandlow,
moderate,andhighbloodpressurearenotrelated.

BloodPressure Low Moderate High


Walkers 35 62 25
Non-walkers 21 65 28
A) 3.473 B) 16.183 C) 18.112 D) 6.003

7) Asportsresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenthenumberofhometeamand
visitingteamwinsanddifferentsports.Arandomsampleof526gamesisselectedandtheresultsaregiven
2
below.Findthecriticalvalue 0 totesttheclaimthatthenumberofhometeamandvisitingteamwinsis

independentofthesport.Use=0.01.

Football Basketball Soccer Baseball


Hometeamwins 39 156 25 83
Visitingteamwins 31 98 19 75
A) 11.345 B) 12.838 C) 7.815 D) 9.348

8) Asportsresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenthetypeofsportandtypeof
teamwinning(hometeamversusvisitingteam).Arandomsampleof526gamesisselectedandtheresultsare
givenbelow.Calculatethechi-squareteststatistic 2 totesttheclaimthatthetypeofteamwinningis
independentofthesport.

Football Basketball Soccer Baseball


Hometeamwins 39 156 25 83
Visitingteamwins 31 98 19 75
A) 3.290 B) 2.919 C) 5.391 D) 4.192

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SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Performtheindicatedhypothesistest.Besuretodothefollowing:identifytheclaimandstatethenullandalternative
hypotheses.Determinethecriticalvalue.Calculatetheteststatistic.Decidetorejectortofailtorejectthenull
hypothesisandinterpretthedecisioninthecontextoftheoriginalclaim.
9) Thecontingencytablebelowshowsthepartyandopinionsonabillofarandomsampleof200state
representatives.

Party Opinion
Approve Disapprove NoOpinion
Republican 42 20 14
Democrat 50 24 18
Independent 10 16 6

Testtheclaimthatopinionsonthebillaredependentonpartyaffiliation.Use =0.05.

10) Aresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenexerciseandbloodpressurefor
adultsover50.Arandomsampleof236adultsover50isselectedandtheresultsaregivenbelow.

BloodPressure
Low Moderate High
Exercise
Walkers 35 62 25
Non-walkers 21 65 28

Testtheclaimthatwalkingandbloodpressureareindependent.Use =0.01.

11) Aresearcherwantstodeterminewhetherthetimespentonlineperdayisrelatedtogender.Arandomsample
of315adultswasselectedandtheresultsareshownbelow.

Gender Timespentonlineperday(minutes)
0-30 30-60 60-90 90+
Male 25 35 75 45
Female 30 45 45 15

Testthehypothesisthatthetimespentonlineperdayisrelatedtogender.Use =0.05.

12) Asportsresearcherisinterestedindeterminingifthereisarelationshipbetweenthetypeofsportandtypeof
teamwinning(hometeamversusvisitingteam).Arandomsampleof526gamesisselectedandtheresultsare
givenbelow.

Football Basketball Soccer Baseball


Hometeamwins 39 156 25 83
Visitingteamwins 31 98 19 75

Testtheclaimthatthetypeofteamwinningisindependentofthetypeofsport. Use=0.01.

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13) Thedatabelowshowstheageandfavoritetypeofmusicof779randomlyselectedpeople.

Age Country Rock Pop Classical


15-21 21 45 90 33
21-30 68 55 42 48
30-40 65 47 31 57
40-50 60 39 25 53

Testtheclaimthatpreferredmusictypeisdependentonage.Use =0.05.

3 PerformaHomogeneityofProportionsTest

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Performahomogeneityofproportionstesttotestwhetherthepopulationproportionsareequal.Thehypothesestobe
testedare:
H0 :Theproportionsareequal
Ha :Atleastoneoftheproportionsisdifferentfromtheothers.
1) Randomsamplesof400menand400womenwereobtainedandparticipantswereaskedwhetherthey
plannedtovoteinthenextelection.Theresultsarelistedbelow.Performahomogeneityofproportionstestto
testtheclaimthattheproportionofmenwhoplantovoteinthenextelectionisthesameastheproportionof
womenwhoplantovote.Use=0.05.

Men Women
Plantovote 230 255
Donotplantovote 170 145

2) Arandomsampleof100studentsfrom5differentcollegeswasrandomlyselected,andthenumberwhosmoke
wasrecorded.Theresultsarelistedbelow.Performahomogeneityofproportionstesttotesttheclaimthatthe
proportionofstudentswhosmokeisthesameinall5colleges.Use =0.01.

Colleges
1 2 3 4 5
Smoker 18 25 12 33 22
Nonsmoker 82 75 88 67 78

10.3 ComparingTwoVariances
1 FindtheCriticalF-Value

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) FindthecriticalvalueF0 foratwo-tailedtestusing = 0.05,d.f.N = 5,andd.f.D =10.
A) 4.24 B) 4.07 C) 4.47 D) 6.62

2) FindthecriticalvalueF0 foraone-tailedtestusing = 0.01,d.f.N = 3,andd.f.D =20.


A) 4.94 B) 25.58 C) 5.82 D) 3.09

3) FindthecriticalvalueF0 foraone-tailedtestusing = 0.05,d.f.N = 6,andd.f.D =16.


A) 2.74 B) 3.94 C) 2.66 D) 2.19

4) FindthecriticalvalueF0 foratwo-tailedtestusing = 0.02,d.f.N = 5,andd.f.D =10.


A) 5.64 B) 10.05 C) 5.99 D) 5.39

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2 2
5) FindthecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthat 1 = 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulations

thatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.05.

n 1 =25 n 2 =30

2 2
s 1 =3.61 s 2 =2.25

A) 2.15 B) 2.21 C) 2.14 D) 2.09

2 2
6) FindthecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthat 1 = 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulations

thatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.02.

n 1 =13 n 2 =12

2 2
s 1 =7.84 s 2 =6.25

A) 4.40 B) 2.79 C) 4.25 D) 3.43

2 2
7) FindthecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthat 1 > 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulations

thatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.01.

n 1 =16 n 2 =13

2 2
s 1 =1600 s 2 =625

A) 4.01 B) 3.18 C) 2.62 D) 3.67

2 2
8) FindthecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulations

thatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.05.

n 1 =16 n 2 =15

2 2
s 1 =8.41 s 2 =7.84

A) 2.46 B) 3.66 C) 2.95 D) 2.40

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2 2
9) FindthecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulations

thatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.02.

n 1 =11 n 2 =18

2 2
s 1 =0.578 s 2 =0.260

A) 3.59 B) 2.45 C) 2.92 D) 4.56

2 TestaClaimAbouttheDifferencesBetweenTwoPopulationVariances

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
2 2
1) CalculatetheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthat 1 = 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrom

populationsthatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.

n 1 =25 n 2 =30

2 2
s 1 =6.498 s 2 =4.05

A) 1.604 B) 1.267 C) 0.623 D) 2.573

2 2
2) CalculatetheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthat 1 = 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrom

populationsthatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.

n 1 =13 n 2 =12

2 2
s 1 =17.248 s 2 =13.75

A) 1.254 B) 0.797 C) 1.120 D) 1.573

2 2
3) CalculatetheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrom

populationsthatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.

n 1 =13 n 2 =12

2 2
s 1 =35.224 s 2 =28.083

A) 1.254 B) 0.797 C) 1.573 D) 1.120

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2 2
4) CalculatetheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthat 1 > 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrom

populationsthatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.

n 1 =16 n 2 =13

2 2
s 1 =4800 s 2 =1875

A) 2.560 B) 1.600 C) 0.391 D) 6.554

2 2
5) CalculatetheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrom

populationsthatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.

n 1 =16 n 2 =15

2 2
s 1 =12.615 s 2 =11.76

A) 1.073 B) 0.932 C) 1.036 D) 1.151

2 2
6) CalculatetheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrom

populationsthatarenormal.Thesamplestatisticsaregivenbelow.

n 1 =11 n 2 =18

2 2
s 1 =1.156 s 2 =0.52

A) 2.223 B) 1.490 C) 4.933 D) 0.450

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Performtheindicatedhypothesistest.Besuretodothefollowing:identifytheclaimandstatethenullandalternative
hypotheses.Determinethecriticalvalueandrejectionregion.Calculatetheteststatistic.Decidetorejectortofailto
rejectthenullhypothesisandinterpretthedecisioninthecontextoftheoriginalclaim.Assumethatthesamplesare
independentandthateachpopulationhasanormaldistribution.
2 2
7) Testtheclaimthat 1 = 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulationsthatarenormal.The

samplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.05.

n 1 =25 n 2 =30

2 2
s 1 =5.776 s 2 =3.6

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2 2
8) Testtheclaimthat 1 = 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulationsthatarenormal.The

samplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.02.

n 1 =13 n 2 =12

2 2
s 1 =10.976 s 2 =8.75

2 2
9) Testtheclaimthat 1 > 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulationsthatarenormal.The

samplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.01.

n 1 =16 n 2 =13

2 2
s 1 =3200 s 2 =1250

2 2
10) Testtheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulationsthatarenormal.The

samplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.05.

n 1 =16 n 2 =15

2 2
s 1 =21.866 s 2 =20.384

2 2
11) Testtheclaimthat 1 2 .Twosamplesarerandomlyselectedfrompopulationsthatarenormal.The

samplestatisticsaregivenbelow.Use=0.02.

n 1 =11 n 2 =18

2 2
s 1 =2.89 s 2 =1.3

12) Alocalbankhasthereputationofhavingavarianceinwaitingtimesaslowasthatofanybankinthearea.A
competitorbankintheareachecksthewaitingtimeatbothbanksandclaimsthatitsvarianceofwaitingtimes
islowerthanatthelocalbank.Thesamplestatisticsarelistedbelow.Testthecompetitorsclaim.Use =0.05.

LocalBank CompetitorBank
n 1 =13 n 2 =16

s1 =1.69minutes s2 =1.43minutes

13) Astudywasconductedtodetermineifthevariancesofelementaryschoolteachersalariesfromtwo
neighboringdistrictswereequal.Asampleof25teachersfromeachdistrictwasselected.Thefirstdistricthad
astandarddeviationofs1 =$4830,andtheseconddistricthadastandarddeviation s2 =$4410.Testtheclaim
thatthevariancesofthesalariesfrombothdistrictsareequal.Use=0.05

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14) Arandomsampleof21womenhadbloodpressurelevelswithavarianceof553.6.Arandomsampleof18men
hadbloodpressurelevelswithavarianceof368.64.Testtheclaimthatthebloodpressurelevelsforwomen
havealargervariancethanthoseformen.Use=0.01.

15) Theweightsofarandomsampleof121womenbetweentheagesof25and34hadastandarddeviationof 28
pounds.Theweightsof121womenbetweentheagesof55and64hadastandarddeviation 21pounds.Test
theclaimthattheolderwomenarefromapopulationwithastandarddeviationlessthanthatforwomenin
the25to34agegroup.Use=0.05.

16) Atacollege,61femalestudentswererandomlyselectedanditwasfoundthattheirmonthlyincomehada
standarddeviationof$218.70.For121malestudents,thestandarddeviationwas $303.66.Testtheclaimthat
varianceofmonthlyincomesishigherformalestudentsthanitisforfemalestudents.Use =0.01.

17) Amedicalresearchersuspectsthatthevarianceofthepulserateofsmokersishigherthanthevarianceofthe
pulserateofnon-smokers.Usethesamplestatisticsbelowtotesttheresearcherssuspicion.Use
=0.05.

Smokers Non-smokers
n 1 =61 n 2 =121

s1 =7.8 s2 =5.3

18) Astatisticsteacherbelievesthatthevarianceoftestscoresofstudentsinhereveningstatisticsclassislower
thanthevarianceoftestscoresofstudentsinherdayclass.Theresultsofanexam,giventothedayand
eveningstudents,areshownbelow.Cantheteacherconcludethatthescoresofeveningstudentshavealower
variance?Use=0.01.

DayStudents EveningStudents
n 1 =31 n 2 =41

s1 =9.8 s2 =5.3

19) Astatisticsteacherwantstoseewhetherthereisasignificantdifferencebetweenthevarianceoftheagesofday
studentsandthevarianceoftheagesofnightstudents.Arandomsampleof31studentsisselectedfromeach
group.Thedataaregivenbelow.Testtheclaimthatthereisnodifferencebetweenthevariancesofthetwo
groups.
Use=0.05.

DayStudents
2224242319192322182121
1818252924232222212020
202717191821202326

EveningStudents
1823252321212324273134
2020231925242723202021
252423282019232420

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20) Alocalbankhasthereputationofhavingavarianceinwaitingtimesaslowasthatofanybankinthearea.A
competitorbankintheareachecksthewaitingtimeatbothbanksandclaimsthatitsvarianceofwaitingtimes
islowerthanatthelocalbank.Thesamplestatisticsarelistedbelow.Testthecompetitorsclaim.Use =0.05.

LocalBank CompetitorBank
n 1 =41 n 2 =61

s1 =2minutes s2 =1.1minutes

3 FindtheCriticalF-valueforaLeft-tailedTest

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Findtheleft-tailedandright-tailedcriticalF-valuesforatwo-tailedtest.Let =0.02,d.f.N=7,and
d.f.D=5.

2) Findtheleft-tailedandright-tailedcriticalF-valuesforatwo-tailedtest.Usethesamplestatisticsbelow.Let
=0.05.

n 1 =5 n 2 =6
2 2
s 1 =5.8 s 2 =2.7

4 ConstructtheIndicatedConfidenceInterval

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Theweightsofarandomsampleof25womenbetweentheagesof25and34hadastandarddeviationof28
pounds.Theweightsofarandomsampleof41womenbetweentheagesof55and64hadastandard
1 2
deviationof21pounds.Constructa95%confidenceintervalfor ,where1 2 and2 2 arethevariancesof
2 2

theweightsofwomenbetweentheages25and34andtheweightsofwomenbetweentheagesof55and64
respectively.

10.4 AnalysisofVariance
1 PerformaOne-WayANOVATest

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) FindthecriticalF0 -valuetotesttheclaimthatthepopulationshavethesamemean.Use=0.05.

Brand1 Brand2 Brand3


n=8 n=8 n=8
x=3.0 x=2.6 x=2.6
s=0.50 s=0.60 s=0.55
A) 3.47 B) 3.210 C) 2.819 D) 1.892

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2) FindtheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthatthepopulationshavethesamemean.

Brand1 Brand2 Brand3


n=8 n=8 n=8
x=3.0 x=2.6 x=2.6
s=0.50 s=0.60 s=0.55
A) 1.403 B) 1.021 C) 1.182 D) 0.832

3) Amedicalresearcherwishestotrythreedifferenttechniquestolowerbloodpressureofpatientswithhigh
bloodpressure.Thesubjectsarerandomlyselectedandassignedtooneofthreegroups.Group1isgiven
medication,Group2isgivenanexerciseprogram,andGroup3isassignedadietprogram.Attheendofsix
weeks,eachsubjectsbloodpressureisrecorded.Findthecriticalvalue F0 totesttheclaimthatthereisno
differenceamongthemeans.Use=0.05.

Group1 Group2 Group3


9 8 4
12 2 12
11 3 4
15 5 8
13 4 9
8 0 6
A) 3.68 B) 19.43 C) 4.77 D) 39.43

4) Amedicalresearcherwishestotrythreedifferenttechniquestolowerbloodpressureofpatientswithhigh
bloodpressure.Thesubjectsarerandomlyselectedandassignedtooneofthreegroups.Group1isgiven
medication,Group2isgivenanexerciseprogram,andGroup3isassignedadietprogram.Attheendofsix
weeks,eachsubjectsbloodpressureisrecorded.FindtheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthatthereisno
differenceamongthemeans.

Group1 Group2 Group3


13 8 6
12 5 12
11 3 4
15 2 8
9 4 9
8 0 4
A) 11.095 B) 9.812 C) 8.369 D) 12.162

5) Fourdifferenttypesoffertilizersareusedonraspberryplants.Thenumberofraspberriesoneachrandomly
selectedplantisgivenbelow.FindthecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthatthetypeoffertilizermakesno
differenceinthemeannumberofraspberriesperplant.Use=0.01.

Fertilizer1 Fertilizer2 Fertilizer3 Fertilizer4


6 8 6 3
5 5 3 5
6 5 3 3
7 5 4 4
7 5 2 4
6 6 3 5
A) 4.94 B) 4.43 C) 26.69 D) 4.22

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6) Fourdifferenttypesoffertilizersareusedonraspberryplants.Thenumberofraspberriesoneachrandomly
selectedplantisgivenbelow.FindtheteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthatthetypeoffertilizermakesno
differenceinthemeannumberofraspberriesperplant.

Fertilizer1 Fertilizer2 Fertilizer3 Fertilizer4


6 8 6 3
7 5 3 5
6 5 2 3
5 5 4 4
7 5 3 5
6 6 3 4
A) 8.357 B) 8.123 C) 7.123 D) 6.912

7) Aresearcherwishestodeterminewhetherthereisadifferenceintheaverageageofelementaryschool,high
school,andcommunitycollegeteachers.Teachersarerandomlyselected.Theiragesarerecordedbelow.Find
thecriticalvalueF0 totesttheclaimthatthereisnodifferenceintheaverageageofeachgroup.Use =0.01.

ElementaryTeachers HighSchoolTeachers CommunityCollegeTeachers


23 41 39
28 38 45
27 36 36
37 47 61
25 42 45
52 31 35
A) 6.36 B) 5.09 C) 9.43 D) 5.42

8) Aresearcherwishestodeterminewhetherthereisadifferenceintheaverageageofelementaryschool,high
school,andcommunitycollegeteachers.Teachersarerandomlyselected.Theiragesarerecordedbelow.Find
theteststatisticFtotesttheclaimthatthereisnodifferenceintheaverageageofeachgroup.

ElementaryTeachers HighSchoolTeachers CommunityCollegeTeachers


23 36 45
28 38 45
27 41 36
52 47 61
25 42 39
37 31 35
A) 2.517 B) 2.913 C) 3.189 D) 4.312

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Performtheindicatedone-wayANOVAtest.Besuretodothefollowing:identifytheclaimandstatethenulland
alternativehypotheses.Determinethecriticalvalueandrejectionregion.CalculatetheteststatisticF.Decidetoreject
ortofailtorejectthenullhypothesisandinterpretthedecisioninthecontextoftheoriginalclaim.Assumethateach
populationisnormallydistributedandthatthepopulationvariancesareequal.
9) Testtheclaimthatthepopulationshavethesamemean.Use = 0.05.

Brand1 Brand2 Brand3


n=8 n=8 n=8
x=3.0 x=2.6 x=2.6
s=0.50 s=0.60 s=0.55

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10) Amedicalresearcherwishestotrythreedifferenttechniquestolowerbloodpressureofpatientswithhigh
bloodpressure.Thesubjectsarerandomlyselectedandassignedtooneofthreegroups.Group1isgiven
medication,Group2isgivenanexerciseprogram,andGroup3isassignedadietprogram.Attheendofsix
weeks,eachsubjectsbloodpressureisrecorded.Testtheclaimthatthereisnodifferenceamongthemeans.
Use=0.05.

Group1 Group2 Group3


11 8 6
12 2 12
13 3 4
15 5 8
9 4 9
8 0 4

11) Fourdifferenttypesoffertilizersareusedonraspberryplants.Thenumberofraspberriesoneachrandomly
selectedplantisgivenbelow.Testtheclaimthatthetypeoffertilizermakesnodifferenceinthemeannumber
ofraspberriesperplant.Use=0.01.

Fertilizer1 Fertilizer2 Fertilizer3 Fertilizer4


6 5 6 3
5 8 3 5
7 5 4 3
6 5 2 4
7 5 3 4
6 6 3 5

12) Aresearcherwishestodeterminewhetherthereisadifferenceintheaverageageofelementaryschool,high
school,andcommunitycollegeteachers.Teachersarerandomlyselectedfromeachgroup.Theiragesare
recordedbelow.Testtheclaimthatatleastonemeanisdifferentfromtheothers.Use =0.01.

ElementaryTeachers HighSchoolTeachers CommunityCollegeTeachers


23 41 39
28 36 45
27 38 36
25 47 61
52 42 45
37 31 35

13) Thegradepointaveragesofstudentsparticipatinginsportsatalocalcollegearetobecompared.Thedataare
listedbelow.Testtheclaimthatatleastonegrouphasadifferentmean. Use=0.05.

Tennis Golf Swimming


2.6 1.8 2.7
3.2 3.3 2.5
2.5 1.9 2.8
3.5 2.1 3.0
3.1 2.5
2.1

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14) Aresearcherwishestocomparetimesittakesworkerstoassembleacertaincomputercomponentusing
differentmachines.Workersarerandomlyselectedandrandomlyassignedtooneofthreedifferentmachines.
Thetime(inminutes)ittakeseachworkertoassemblethecomponentisrecorded.Testtheclaimthatthereis
nodifferenceinthemeanassemblytimesforthethreemachines.Use =0.01.

Machine1 Machine2 Machine3


32 40 31
32 29 28
31 38 29
30 33 25
33 36
31 32
35

15) Arealtorwishestocomparethesquarefootageofhousesofsimilarpricesin4differentcities.Thedataare
listedbelow.Cantherealtorconcludethatthemeansquarefootageisthesameinallfourcities?Use =0.01.

City#1 City#2 City#3 City#4


2150 1780 1530 2400
1980 1540 1670 2350
2000 1690 1580 2600
2210 1650 1750 2150
1900 1500 2000
1600 2200
2350

16) Amedicalresearcherwishestotrythreedifferenttechniquestolowerbloodpressureofpatientswithhigh
blood-pressure.Thesubjectsarerandomlyselectedandrandomlyassignedtooneofthreegroups.Group1is
givenmedication,Group2isgivenanexerciseprogram,andGroup3isassignedadietprogram.Attheendof
sixweeks,eachsubjectsbloodpressureisrecorded.PerformaScheffeTesttodeterminewhichmeanshavea
significancedifference.Use=0.05.

Group1 Group2 Group3


11 8 6
12 2 12
13 5 4
15 3 8
9 4 9
8 0 4

17) Fourdifferenttypesoffertilizersareusedonraspberryplants.Thenumberofraspberriesoneachrandomly
selectedplantisgivenbelow.PerformaScheffeTesttodeterminewhichmeanshaveasignificancedifference.
Use=0.01.

Fertilizer1 Fertilizer2 Fertilizer3 Fertilizer4


6 5 6 3
7 8 3 5
5 5 4 3
6 5 3 4
7 5 2 5
6 6 3 4

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